Alternate Finance Minister Euclides Tsakalotos, the “Robin” to Yanis Varoufakis’ attempted “Batman”, on Friday created his own stir by claiming that the leftist SYRIZA government is “well-prepared for a rift” with eurozone creditors.

Tsakalotos, who holds the international economic relations portfolio, was quoted in a local television interview.

“If you don’t consider the option of a rift … then lenders will obviously pass the same measures as they did before … We are using ambiguity vis-a-vis the creditors because they have to know that we are prepared for a rift,” he said.